Learning English with Laughter – ESL Curriculum and Activities for all Levels

Welcome! Our ESL/EFL Curriculum, activities and textbooks are designed for Language Schools teaching all levels of students. Our ESL textbooks are in use all over the world. Full Country List, as well as Seattle School System, US Bureau of Prisons, and West Point College NY. South Korea recently published 13,000 copies of our Children’s textbooks.

When we at Successful ESL first started teaching ESL classes, one of the very first things that we learned was the alarming student drop out rate, even when you have a good curriculum. There are always those that think it would be real cool to speak English, but lose interest when they find that there […]

English Foreign Language classes can accelerate learning if they offer exciting stories for the children to enjoy. People of all ages need to be interested in what they are studying. If you think of your own experience you’ll remember times when you were expected to learn material that held no interest for you.

Directions: The following questions are based on several reading passages. Each passage is followed by a series of questions. Read each passage carefully, and then answer the questions based on it. You may reread the passage as often as you wish. When you have finished answering the questions based on one passage, go right onto […]

ESL Grammar Teaching Activity – Past Tense 2 For regular verbs, forming the past tense is simply a matter of adding “ed” to the root form of the verb. (The root form of the verb is the infinitive without the “to”.) Example: Infinitive: to walk Root form: walk Past tense: walked. Unfortunately, there are […]

Some Ideas for Teaching Prepositions One day, early in my teaching career, I saw a beautiful book lying on the sidewalk. I picked it up and put it in my pocket, because it was so shiny, and had such a beautiful color. That afternoon when I was teaching, on a whim, I asked the class […]

Beginner’s level – Learning English Practice Listen and answer the questions below Answer in Complete Sentences Listen to the questions, with the right column covered. Try to answer the questions yourself. Then listen to the answers. Questions Answers Is Peter a man? Yes, Peter is a man. How is […]

If English Second language children are interested and actively involved in what they are doing, they will learn to understand English. This article will present a type of activity that develops listening comprehension. When children learn their first language they are often responding to their parent’s language in an active way. Their response frequently includes […]

Saving Money on ESL EFL Curriculum Many of the countries of the world are facing difficult economic times. Radical changes are taking place each day as people struggle to earn enough to maintain their standard of living, and/or the houses they live in. As you present your ESL program to your students there are steps you can […]